Stove-lid



{No Model.)

W. A. MARTEL.

STOVE 11).

No. 394,706. Patented Dec. 18, 1888.

V INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM A. MARTEL, OF SOUTH ORANGE, NE\V JERSEY.

STOVE-LID.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,706, dated December18, 1888.

Application filed August 19, 1887. Serial No. 247,366. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. MARTEL, of South Orange, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedStove-Lid, of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in stove-lids, and has for itsobject to provide a device specially adapted for use over an oiltlame,whereby the heat will be allowed to radiate freely through the lid andthe soot be prevented from escaping into the room, and wherein also anarticle may be cooked over the lid as rapidly as if in contact with theflame without absorbing the odor of the oil, and, if a pan is used forcooking purposes, wherein the bottom of the pan will remain perfectlyclean.

My improved lid is formed of a reticulated disk and a ring havingvertical pins which pass through holes in said disk and project aboveit, so as to constitute a support for a pan or kettle placed thereon.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis spcci tication, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a central vertical section through the lid in position upona stove, and also through a pan seated upon said lid; and Fig. 2 is aplan view of the lid.

In carrying out the invention the lid is constructed with an annularplate or ring, A, of any suit-able width, preferably about threequartersof an inch, and any desired thickness, provided with a series ofapertures, a, and a second parallel plate or ring, A, having a series ofpin-like projections, o, upon one face spaced equally with the aperturesin the plate or ring A. The two plates are b rought in contact, thepin-like projections upon the one passing through the apertures int-heother, as shown in Fig. 1. Prior to placing one plate upon the othera reticulated or finely-perforated disk, B, preferably consisting of awire gauze or mesh, is laid upon the ring A, so that when. the two ringsare fastened together in any approved manner the disk is confined between them. One means of confining them is to bend down the edge of thering A over the edge of ring A, as shown best in Fig. l. The rings mayalso be secured together by means of rivets. The latter may therefore becast integral with the ring A or made sepa- I rate therefrom, asnclerrod. It; is obvious i the ring A performs no very importantfunction, and might in most cases be dispensed with, more especiallywhen the edge of the ring A is turned down to secure the disk li, asbefore stated.

In connection with the lower plate or ring, A, cross-bars I: areprovided to extend from edge to edge beneath the disk [3, purposcd tosupport the disk in a horizontal position and prevent sagging, as shownin Fig. l. The said CH s-bars are preferably two in number, crossingeach other centrally, and may be cast integral with the plate or ring Aor attached thereto.

In operation, when the lid is used to cover the stove-holes of anoil-stove, the air passing over the disk causes a circulation whichcauses the particles of soot or unconsumcd carbon of the oil rising incontact with the said disk to drop down again in the fire-pot. Over alid constructed as above set forth a steak may be broiled, as theradiation of heat is unobstructed, or bread may be toasted withoutbecoming blackened or absorbing the odor of the oil. \Yhen a pan isutilized for cooking purposes, it is placed upon the projection (1,whereby it is raised above the stove and the disk, permitting a currentof air to pass between the under side of the pan and the upper surl'aceot the disk, as shown in Fig. I, whereby the pan is kept perfectlyclean.

\Vhilc the lid is particularly adapted for use upon oil-stoves, orstoves in which oil is used as a fuel in any .l'orm, it maybe used withadvantage upon wood-stoves to prevent the ashes flying into the roomwhen a pan is lifted from the opening.

The rings or plates may be provided with the usual device for receivinga lifter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the ring A and a series of vertical pins, a,connected therewith and project ingabove it to support a pan, as shown,of the reticulated disk B, secured to the ring and having marginalapertures to receive said pins, as shown and described.

WILLIAM A. MARTEL.

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J. F. AcKER, J12,

FRED. WILD Y.

